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I'm looking at a bike that currently has a rebuilt title in Maine. The owner bought it as a crashed bike at an insurance auction, rebuilt it, then had it reinspected for legal road use. By explanation (haven't seen the bike) it was a relatively low speed front-end crash that damaged the forks but did not bend the frame. They have since been replaced.
The bike originally had a MA salvage title. Salvage bikes cannot be registered without reinspection.
This is the process he followed in Maine:
He showed them parts receipts, etc and got the vehicle reinspected in Maine. He has this "Reconstructed" title in hand, but the bike is not currently registered.The seller must reapply to the Maine BMV to change the title status back from salvage and obtain a new title. The new, reconstructed title will be stamped to reflect that the vehicle was once salvaged and rebuilt or repaired. A vehicle can be reregistered for the road once the new, reconstructed title is obtained.
The question is, will the Maine Reconstructed title be accepted by MA as a Reconstructed title, or will I have to go through the reinspection process required to get a salvage-titled bike retitled?